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[Darth Lefty]

Need a tutorial how to sync them or do you know that already from your motorcycle days?

[folsombound]

That van is far too primitive to have fuel injection. It might not even have a carburetor. I think it has an asthmatic old hamster coughing up air and accidentally swallowed fuel through a stirring straw.

Heh, my VW's were older than '73. I thought they had Fuel Injection by then.

[mylo]

Need a tutorial how to sync them or do you know that already from your motorcycle days?

First is rebuild, then sync.. I don't have a good gauge anymore though

[Darth Lefty]

Ahoy! It be Friday, are we meetin' at the ol tavern for a cupful o' bitters and a hearty meal?

[Dave Burrell]

Ahoy! It be Friday, are we meetin' at the ol tavern for a cupful o' bitters and a hearty meal?

Arrrr matey, I'm out for travelin' the high seas of Folsom to scavenge some vittles for this day lad, I've got to load the barge and hoist the main sails and set sail with me family of pirates for adventures of bounty and booty along the north coast

avast ye dogs hoist a pint or three in honor of me!

....BTW, how did you know that today was International talk like a pirate day?
(off subject but read on...)
Avast! Hoist the Jolly Roger! Polish your pegleg!

Today be International Talk Like A Pirate Day, a day when the land-lubbin' laws o' grammar are banished to Davy Jones' Locker, and the syntax of the seas rules all.

This hardy holiday has been afloat since 1995, when a pair o' crusty Corsairs named John Baur and Mark Summers — or, as they're known in pirate parlance, Cap'n Slappy and Ol' Chumbucket — decided, on a whim, to start speakin' in the language of the briny deep. Columnist Dave Barry got wind o' the quirky tradition in 2002, and Talk Like a Pirate Day has been a phenomenon ever since.

Odds are if you've dropped anchor in Tampa Bay for any length of time, you're familiar with pirate customs and culture — Cap'n Jose Gaspar's ghost looms tall in these waters — but if you don't want to sound like a lubber, take to your chest the following terms:

Keel-haul. As in, "Let's drop off after work to keel-haul a few PBR tall boys." Or, "Thanks a lot, Lehman Brothers, my portfolio has really taken a good keel-hauling this week."

Bilge rat. An insult of the highest magnitude: "The Rays will keel-haul those bilge rats from Boston in the playoffs!"

Lubber. A bilge rat who refuses to participate in International Talk Like a Pirate Day: "Them lubbers at the counter told me to hit the gangplank when I brought me parrot into Dunkin' Donuts."

Ahoy!, Avast! and Aye! Use these words as often as you can, no matter the context.

Arrrrrrr! No explanation necessary. Arrrrrrr!

Lookin' for a pub where ye can hoist a few flagons of grog with your fellow buccaneers and wenches? Point your sails to the Friendly Fisherman at John's Pass in Madeira Beach, where a host of scurvy scalliwags will be enjoyin' rum specials, hand-rolled cigars and pirate songs from 7 to 11 p.m.

"It's bizarre how they came up with an actual holiday out of it," said restaurant manager Suzanne King, who'll be celebratin' Talk Like a Pirate Day for the first time. "But I know a lot of people in the pirate community, so I think we're going to have a really good turnout."

[mylo]

Arrrrrrrr. Southern winds be hoisting me jolly boat for grub. Gangway! For me brakes no good!

[Darth Lefty]

I cannae tell what ye mean, my boyo. Tis a yea or a nay?

[mylo]

Arrrrrrrr. Southern winds be hoisting me jolly boat for grub. Gangway! For me brakes no good!

Yes. I will drive my bus southward, to Manderes, for food. Watch out, because my brakes won't stop due to missing brake booster hoses

[Andrea V]

Yes. I will drive my bus southward, to Manderes, for food. Watch out, because my brakes won't stop due to missing brake booster hoses

[mylo]

Yeah, I'm still tracking down a vacuum leak. In doing so, I've isolated the entire brake booster system, therefore removing brake boost. Manual brakes still work

[Andrea V]

Yeah, I'm still tracking down a vacuum leak. In doing so, I've isolated the entire brake booster system, therefore removing brake boost. Manual brakes still work

does your wife know what you are doing??

DO you have life insurance???

[Darth Lefty]

His wench be makin' him fix up the wagon afore she'll set a boot in the hold!

[Warren G]

Brakes, schmakes. Whiner.

Fred Flintstone made his own brakes.

[Darth Lefty]

Be we shootin' for 1130 or high noon?

[mylo]

Arrr, we shall pillage grog 30 before the sun be high.